If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard and some people think it's boring. Speeches like this are fun, actually doing the work is hard.

Being gay, the last time I looked, had nothing to do with reading a balance book, fixing a broken bone or changing a spark plug.

The only preparation for prospering in the global economy is investing in ourselves.

If there's grass in the field, play ball!

Character doesn't matter.

Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent.

If you think the President was right to open the doors of American opportunity to young immigrants brought here as children who want to go to college or serve in the military, you should vote for Barack Obama.